| | In 2003, the Pelosis and the development partnership finally hired some lobbyists and put a few government employees on the pay role. This caused the commission to cave and give up their fraud investigation as long as the course agreed to host a charity golf tournament for children.<ref>Barry Witt, "Help for Cordevalle," San Jose Mercury News, June 13, 2003.</ref> | | In 2003, the Pelosis and the development partnership finally hired some lobbyists and put a few government employees on the pay role. This caused the commission to cave and give up their fraud investigation as long as the course agreed to host a charity golf tournament for children.<ref>Barry Witt, "Help for Cordevalle," San Jose Mercury News, June 13, 2003.</ref> |
| | In the 2001 San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Parade Pelosi shared the admiration of the crowds alongside [[gay rights]] pioneer Harry Hay. <ref>The American Spectator Special Report, [http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10450 When Nancy Met Harry], Jeffrey Lord, 10/5/2006.</ref><ref>The San Fransisco Chronicle, [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/06/22/DD115758.DTL Official Guide & Program] Parade Lineup, page SP - 14, June 22, 2001. </ref> Hay, a long time [[CPUSA]] member, is widely recognized as the founder of the organized homosexual activist movement <ref>''The Boston Phoenix'', [http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/documents/02511115.htm The real Harry Hay], Michael Bronski, October 31 - November 7, 2002. </ref> in the [[United States]] and advocate of the North American Man-Boy Love Association [[NAMBLA]]. Hay had addressed NAMBLA conferences, and NAMBLA has published material by Hay since at least 1984. The [[ACLU]] defended NAMBLA in a $200 million lawsuit brought by parents of a 10 year old murder victim who claimed their sons’ killer was motivated by material published on NAMBLA’s website. <ref>Deroy Murdock, [http://www.nationalreview.com/murdock/murdock200402270920.asp No Boy Scouts: The ACLU defends NAMBLA], National Review Online, February 27, 2004. </ref> | | In the 2001 San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Parade Pelosi shared the admiration of the crowds alongside [[gay rights]] pioneer Harry Hay. <ref>The American Spectator Special Report, [http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10450 When Nancy Met Harry], Jeffrey Lord, 10/5/2006.</ref><ref>The San Fransisco Chronicle, [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/06/22/DD115758.DTL Official Guide & Program] Parade Lineup, page SP - 14, June 22, 2001. </ref> Hay, a long time [[CPUSA]] member, is widely recognized as the founder of the organized homosexual activist movement <ref>''The Boston Phoenix'', [http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/documents/02511115.htm The real Harry Hay], Michael Bronski, October 31 - November 7, 2002. </ref> in the [[United States]] and advocate of the North American Man-Boy Love Association [[NAMBLA]]. Hay had addressed NAMBLA conferences, and NAMBLA has published material by Hay since at least 1984. The [[ACLU]] defended NAMBLA in a $200 million lawsuit brought by parents of a 10 year old murder victim who claimed their sons’ killer was motivated by material published on NAMBLA’s website. <ref>Deroy Murdock, [http://www.nationalreview.com/murdock/murdock200402270920.asp No Boy Scouts: The ACLU defends NAMBLA], National Review Online, February 27, 2004. </ref> |